These were my first photos of Ground Zero after the events of 9/11. This panorama was created by stitching together a series of shots taken with one of my earlier Canon point-and-shoots — probably the Canon A60 — on January 2, 2003.
An aerial shot of Ground Zero and Lower Manhattan from our Piper Tri-Pacer, shot in February 2005 with the Canon A80.
I shot these at Ground Zero in November 2005 on film with my Pentax K-1000.
These last two shots are Ground Zero in November 2009, four years later, with the Nikon D300. I have other photos in my archives, but I thought it would be interesting to put together a few from the nine years I’ve been visiting New York City. I didn’t always visit Ground Zero, but when I did, I took photos of the site (except my first visit in 2000, before the attacks). All different cameras, all different camera angles. There’s a lot I could say about it, and certainly a lot of New Yorkers have things to say about it, but I’ll let the photos speak for themselves this time.
What probably brought this post to mind was the thought of how many years it will take Haiti to rebuild after last week’s devastating earthquake. If you haven’t already donated towards emergency relief, may I suggest the Canadian Red Cross, which has a secure site for online donations. If you aren’t in Canada, the Red Cross is an international organisation dedicated to humanitarian relief efforts and you can make a donation directly to them (in English, French, Spanish, Arabic, Chinese, Russian, or Portuguese).